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tombola

19th August 2014, 17:47
Struggling with top left.
Mail reportedly obscene piece common in recession 8
--s---d-
Contrary unfriendly husband pinched papers first 7
--y---c
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jazzgirl

19th August 2014, 17:52
postcode?
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malone

19th August 2014, 18:21
No, 1 A is Postlude.

12 A. Idyllic, charming. (ID are the papers and then you take the 'h' from 'chilly'/unfriendly. That bit is reversed/contrary).
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andyc

19th August 2014, 18:23
Excellent stuff Malone.
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malone

19th August 2014, 18:25
I should have said that 'postlude' is a piece of music, a 'concluding movement'. (And it's just post/mail+lude, which sounds like lewd, obscene.)
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malone

19th August 2014, 18:27
Andyc, thanks - I stuck 'postlude' in this morning without checking it out, I'd just decided that's what the answer must be. I've since consulted Chambers.
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jazzgirl

19th August 2014, 18:30
Brilliant Malone. I was way out. (perhaps wrongly thinking that someone would think a cod piece was obscene !)
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tombola

19th August 2014, 19:10
You're from another planet Malone. Fantastic explanations. We mere mortals are not worthy.
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malone

19th August 2014, 19:58
Tombola, happy to help.
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